How to build a Progressive Web App

Mobile now accounts for over half the web's traffic, and web applications enable users to do things in the browser that rival native apps, but there's a problem: the quality of connections and devices varies massively all over the world. 

Catering both to users on lightning-fast connections in Seoul, and users in rural India on an outdated phone, is the latest usability challenge, and Progressive Web Apps are the solution.

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Scott is a full-stack developer at MuseFind Technologies, author of upcoming book Progressive Web Apps with React and curates the Progressive Web App Newsletter.
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